Can small firms compete with BigLaw for a fraction of the cost? Yes, if you save on tech, solos say

Michael Lewis’s influential book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game has spawned a hit movie and launched a statistical revolution that has forever changed the way people analyze sports. Before that, however, it was a blueprint for the financially disadvantaged Oakland Athletics to compete with their rich counterparts.…

Mar 28, 2014 11:35 AM CDT

Tech-savvy litigators give advice and recommend tools

Tech-savvy lawyers should keep two age-old pieces of advice in mind before they decide to take their toys into the courtroom to help them argue a case: Always be prepared, and if something can go wrong, it probably will. The good news for lawyers is that there is no shortage…

Mar 27, 2014 6:01 PM CDT

Fifth LexThink.1 stresses greater collaboration for lawyers to avoid irrelevance

Collaboration is important for lawyers if they wish to avoid becoming irrelevant. That was the main takeaway from the fifth annual LexThink.1 event. Founded by Matthew Homann, CEO of Kendeo, and held on the eve of ABA Techshow, LexThink.1 welcomed a dozen speakers to the stage at the Chicago Hilton…

Mar 27, 2014 4:37 PM CDT

Startup Lab’s Rick Klau to keynote Techshow conference

Mar 1, 2014 8:00 AM CST

New York Times writer David Pogue stars at ABA Techshow

Jun 1, 2013 8:00 AM CDT

Technology can make your solo firm frugal

Jun 1, 2013 7:50 AM CDT

Tracking down the ‘Craigslist Killer’

Jun 1, 2013 7:30 AM CDT

Program highlights Web locations lawyers like

Jun 1, 2013 7:19 AM CDT

This Pineapple can intercept Wi-Fi traffic

Jun 1, 2013 7:10 AM CDT

Firms are at risk of security breaches inside and out

Jun 1, 2013 7:00 AM CDT

More websites lawyers love

We previously shared with you a few of our favorite sites from the always crowd-pleasing session “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” at ABA Techshow. Below we’ve got a few more from the session’s speakers Britt Lorish, Eric Mazzone, Lincoln Mead and Mark Rosch. Let us know in the comments favorite…

Apr 29, 2013 4:38 PM CDT

Law bloggers round up ABA Techshow’s highs and lows

ABA Techshow 2013 wrapped up this past Saturday, and law bloggers were out in force. For a comprehensive list of news stories and blog posts that previewed and covered Techshow, you can check out this list of links (that may still be being updated) at Robert Ambrogi’s Lawsites. For more…

Apr 8, 2013 6:35 PM CDT

Select tweets from ABA Techshow

Even those who didn’t get a chance to go to this year’s ABA Techshow had plenty of opportunity to follow along. The ABA Journal covered the event, from LexThink.1 to the close of sessions on Saturday. And bloggers rounded up sessions, offering critiques and impressions of all four days of…

Apr 8, 2013 5:37 PM CDT

Connecting the digital dots to catch the ‘Craigslist Killer’

When police responded to the April 14, 2009 murder of a young woman in an upscale Boston hotel, they had little to go on. Besides the victim, who was found face down in the doorway of her room, her hands bound with plastic ties, with three 9-mm bullet wounds to…

Apr 8, 2013 1:40 PM CDT

Websites lawyers love (and you will too)

The always crowd-pleasing session “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” closed the ABA Techshow Saturday as speakers Britt Lorish, Eric Mazzone, Lincoln Mead and Mark Rosch shared their top websites for lawyers. A few of our favorite sites include: • Viivo and Sookasa: If you share and store documents in the…

Apr 8, 2013 1:38 PM CDT